At the time, Oregon transportation officials said the state’s bridges were at low risk of collapse. That was due to the different structures of most Oregon bridges and to the fact that Oregon doesn’t see many very large, fast ships, The Oregonian/OregonLive wrote then.

Sixty-eight bridges across the US should be assessed to see if they are at risk of collapse if hit by a ship, transportation safety officials found, while urging the bridges’ owners to undertake immediate vulnerability assessments.

A federal safety agency asked owners of 68 bridges in 19 states to check them for risk of collapse following the Francis Scott Key Bridge tragedy last year in Baltimore. That span fell into the water after it was struck by a massive container ship,